A massive Israeli army force invaded the northern West Bank city of Nablus and nearby refugee camps. During the invasion army opened fire randomly at residents' homes and killed an unborn baby after shooting and injuring the mother on Thursday morning. Maha Al Katoumi, 29, a pregnant Palestinian women, was in her house during the Israeli army attack on Al Ein refugee camp near Nablus.

During the invasion local resistance fighters clashed with the invading troops and Israeli soldiers opened fire randomly at resident's homes, one of their rounds hit Al Katoumi in her abdomen, killing her 7 months fetus.

AL Katoumi family stated that Maha was in her room when she was injured. The family called a Palestinian ambulance and as soon as the ambulance arrived at the house, soldiers surrounding it stopped the ambulance and did not allow the medical teems to get inside the Al Katoumi home, leaving Maha to bleed for more than one hour.

Medical sources reported that Maha was injured in her abdomen and as soon as she arrived to Rafida hospital in Nablus she was admitted to the surgery room, doctors delivered the baby and found him shot in the head by the round that hit the mother.

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Maisa Ramez Masoud al-Athamna 6 months

Killed 8 nov 2006

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Bushra Sultans unborn child

Both killed 19 sept 2006Two West Bank residents were killed by the Israeli army on Tuesday morning, one of them a pregnant woman who was delayed at an army checkpoint.

Bushra Sultan, 27, from the Saflit region of the West Bank, died at an Israeli military checkpoint - East of Saflit - which had been closed by Israeli soldiers on Tuesday morning. Medical teams tried to revive Sultan but all

attempts failed, leading to her death due to being unnecessarily held at the checkpoint.

Israeli soldiers stationed at checkpoints located all over the West Bank delay ambulances for hours as they search Palestinian vehicles.

This action often leads to the death of patients in ambulances waiting to cross checkpoints.

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Shahad Sheik Al Eed 5 days

Killed 3 aug 2006

Maria Okal 8 months

Killed 26 july 2006

Talal Narad Younis 7 months

Killed 15 july 2006

Khaled Nidal Abdul-Karim Wahbah 15 months

Died 10 july 2006

of wounds sustained June 21 in an IDF missile strike during a targeted assassination attempt.

Friday evening, Israeli air force and Navy gunships fired missiles at the Gaza Beach in Al Soudaniyya area, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip, killing at least ten residents, including women and children, after shelling the beach with from ground, sea and air. At least forty residents were injured in the attack, most of the injured are children playing on the beach.

The Palestinian Television reported that eight brothers and sisters were among the casualties when the Israeli Naval force fired two shells towards the family while vacationing at the beach.

Dr. Mahmoud Al Asaly, head of Kamal Adwan hospital, reported that the number of casualties might increase since more residents are being transferred to the hospital as the rescue teams are still on the scene in an attempt to evacuate the wounded.

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas condemned the incident as described it as an “Israeli bloody massacre" that targeted civilians and children vacationing on the beach.

"No doubt what's going on in Gaza is a bloody massacre against our people, our civilians, without discrimination," Abbas said. "I call upon the international community, Security Council, the Quartet, to put an end to this Israeli crimes".

Palestinian legislator, Mohammad Dahlan, called on the international community to condemn Israel and realize the brutality of the Israeli army that targets innocent civilians and children.

“The international community must move in order to rescue the Palestinian people” Dahlan stated, “The world must see this Israeli terrorism and expose these bloody crimes”.

He also called on the Palestinian factions and people to unite against the Israeli aggression and massacre.

“If it was a settler who was killed, the whole world will condemn us and accuse us of committing crimes”, he added, “Israel is killing children and women, shelling homes and innocent civilians and nobody is saying or doing anything to stop these massacres”

The bloody attack against innocent civilians comes several hours after the Israeli air force assassinated three Palestinians from Al Za'aneen family, the residents are fighters of the Popular Resistance Committees.

The Palestinian Television broadcasted live scenes from the attacked beach showing children searching fro their family, and an scene of a Palestinian child girl crying beside the body of her father.

Meanwhile, after the women, men and children were killed in the attack, the Israeli army claimed that it will investigate the incident.

Israeli army head of the southern command, Major General Yoav Galant, said on Friday evening that the army is looking into the circumstances of the explosion.

“One possibility under examination is that a military shell strayed from its path, or that a work accident caused the explosion”, he claimed.

After the Israeli army shelled the Gaza beach killing 10 civilians, including two infants aged 6 months and 18 months, and injuring forty other residents, army spokesperson “apologizes” and says that the incident could be labeled as “work accident”. At least forty civilians were killed in the attack.

Head
of the Israeli Army Southern Command, Major General Yoav Galant,
claimed on Friday evening that the army is “looking into the incident
and the circumstances of the explosion.

According to Galant,
“the more likely scenario that a shell strayed from its path, the army
was also exploring whether the explosion might have been caused by a
work accident."

Israeli army chief of Staff Dan Halutz ordered
an end to the shelling of northern Gaza until the completion of the
investigation into the civilian deaths.

The military wing of
the Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, said that it would renew its
suicide bombing and attacks in Israel and the occupied terrorists after
Friday's attack against Palestinian civilians.

The Al Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas, said that the response will be “especially painful”.